Sussex County GOP Chair Ron Sams has resigned.
Sussex County Republican Chairman Ron Sams announced during a meeting of the party’s executive committee tonight he was resigning in May.
Elbert Collins, of Laurel, whose wife works on the election committee, was at the meeting where the announcement was made.
“Ron simply gave a speech, indicated that he has spent sometime in Alabama, out of the area for a while. Through that and the controversy that went on in his absence he decided that it was best that he step down and that he was going to convention,” Collins said.
His vice chair Bryan Shupe also announced that he was stepping down, but cited family issues, Collins said.
In February the executive committee passed a resolution asking Sams to resign.
Collins said no one seemed surprised with the announcement.
So it looks as though the pitchfork and torches crowd led by the Fatman have won. As Bette Davis once said “Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy night.”